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Bill: Anti-Religion Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Socialist Council
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2144
Description[?]:
| We aim to eliminate all forms of religion from Al'Badara by 2160. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Proposed: Foreign missionaries are not permitted to enter the nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards evangelism and religious advertising.
Old value:: Religions are permitted to freely promote and advertise themselves.
Current: Religions are required to obtain government approval before promoting themselves or advertising in any manner.
Proposed: Religions are not permitted to promote themselves or advertise in any manner whatsoever.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The state's policy concerning religious clothing.
Old value:: There are no laws regulating the wearing of religious clothing and the wearing of religious symbols.
Current: It is not permitted to wear religious clothing or religious symbols in public buildings.
Proposed: Wearing religious clothing or religious symbols in public is illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The governments stance on religious schools.
Old value:: Any religion may set up a school, with no regulations.
Current: Religious schools are allowed, but are strictly regulated. Only recognised religions may set up religious schools.
Proposed: Religious schools are not allowed.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: Ministers of religion shall receive no remuneration whatsoever.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Proposed: Any form of religion is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:25:33, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | Will you execute the Caliph too? Will you arrest and torture Muslims? That is the only way your thought control will succeed. |
| Date | 14:53:23, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Nacional Unionist Badaran Arbeits Partei | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | Yes, the peoples of this Union have been oppressed by the institutionalised and overpowerful religions in this nation for too long. |
| Date | 16:42:35, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | We never expected the Marxist-Leninists to be a bigger threat to human rights than the Ba'athists! |
| Date | 18:06:08, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Majatran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | We feel this bill is a bit too far, we shall consider adjustments to it after it passes. |
| Date | 18:08:03, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Majatran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | In fact weshall vote no and then propose a more moderate version after it has failed. |
| Date | 20:15:07, November 22, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | We are glad to see the Ba'ath Majatran Socialist Party and the others realize that banning religion is not a solution to any problem, people find comfort and meaning in religion, and by banning it you are in fact harming many of your citizens. |
| Date | 23:39:31, November 22, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | We appreciate Ba'ath sanity on this matter, especially knowing the party's secularist principles. |
| Date | 01:30:46, November 23, 2005 CET | From | Jacobites | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | The Ba'athists should stick to their true beliefs and fight the god fight. If they feel that state religion is not something a single Majatran should die fighting for, then support this bill, stick to your true beliefs, don't be tempted by the harlots of the UPU. |
| Date | 04:43:40, November 23, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | So speaks the voice of the Crusaders from the Catholic Militarist League. |
| Date | 13:06:17, November 23, 2005 CET | From | Jacobites | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | Whats that got to do with it? |
| Date | 15:14:55, November 23, 2005 CET | From | Majatran Socialist Party | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | We dont feel that our party needs advice from some foreign catholics. |
| Date | 08:53:52, November 26, 2005 CET | From | Communist Party of Kafuristan | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | The people need not religion... |
| Date | 17:52:20, November 26, 2005 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Anti-Religion Act |
| Message | Maybe so. We disagree, but maybe so. However, the people have a right to it anyway. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 215 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 428 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 107 |
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